Newsletter: T2 W2: Friday 5 May 2023

T2 W2: Friday 5 May 2023

Important Dates
Friday 12 May – Book Club online orders close
Thursday 18 May – BoT Meeting in the Staffroom, 5.30pm
Wednesday 24 May – PTA Meeting in the Staffroom, 7pm

IN THIS ISSUE:
Positive Behaviour for Learning
After School Pick-up
PTA Update: Prize donations needed
Safety Around School
Send a Child to Camp Contribution Request
Enrolments at Sunnybrae
Community Notices

The PB4L focus for Term 1 Week 9 will be on:
Cooperation Everywhere
Our lessons will focus on: Playing safely, Keeping hands and feet to ourselves.

After School Pick-ups
The last few weeks of Term One saw an increase in students unable to find their parents/caregivers at the end of the day pick up and parents unable to locate their children.
There were instances of students going home with friends and their family without making previous arrangements. As you can imagine, this is a scary situation for both parents and school staff who are desperately trying to locate the children.

We ask for your assistance in the following ways:

Be on-time to collect your child no later than 3.15pm.
Please do not take home another student unless you have contacted their parents to obtain permission.
If you see a student who is not accompanied by a parent/caregiver just outside of our school grounds and you are concerned, direct the student to return to the school office to wait for their parents to collect them. You may wish to walk the student back to the office. The Office Staff will call the parents.
Ensure your child knows what gate they will be picked up from and by whom.
Clarify each morning if your child will be attending After School Care or not.
If you have booked your child into the YMCA after school care, but you decide to collect your child personally, please let the YMCA know in advance.
If there are any changes to pick up plans during the day, please call the office on 443 5058.

It would be most helpful if all students knew at least one parent’s phone number or have the number(s) written down and stored in their school bag in case of these situations.

By ensuring that these processes are followed, it makes for a safer and stress free pickup for your child.

PTA UPDATE:
Donate a Prize to the PTA’s annual 30 Days of Prizes Raffle

We are looking for donations of vouchers for our annual PTA 30 Days of Prizes Raffle.
The raffle is set out in calendar format, one prize per day for 30 days. Tickets will be sold to the school community which gain entry into the draw, with a new prize drawn each day for 30 days. We need donations in the form of vouchers from parents and the community to make this fundraiser successful. Vouchers can come from stores or service providers. If you are able to donate or know someone who can provide a voucher, please contact Justine Mackenzie justmac.nz@gmail.com for more info. Let’s make this year’s PTA raffle a great success! We can’t do it without your help!

Book Club has arrived!
Look out for your copy of Book Club coming home in your child’s schoolbag! It’s packed with hundreds of books from just $3.50 to help you on your child’s reading journey. Order online before Friday 12 May for free delivery to school.

Enrolments

In Zone Enrolment

If you live ‘in zone’ and have a child turning 5 this year, please make sure you enrol your child/children as soon as possible. Please also encourage any new ‘in zone’ families to enrol their children as this helps us with future planning. Please visit our website www.sunnybrae.school.nz and complete the enrolment form.

If you are moving away from Sunnybrae, please contact the office as soon as possible.

Out of Zone Ballot for Entry
Enrolment at Sunnybrae Normal School is governed by an enrolment scheme, details of which are available from the school office. Students who live within the home zone are entitled to enrol at the school.

For students who live out of zone, the next opportunity to apply is before Monday 29 May 2023, this will be for students starting between 17 July and 22 September 2023 in Year 0, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3 and Year 4 for out of zone students.

There will be an out of zone ballot held on Monday 5 June 2023 for students not living in the school’s home zone. If the number of out of zone applications exceeds the number of places available, students will be selected by ballot. Parents will be informed of the outcome of the ballot within three school days of the ballot being held.

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Kind regards
Lorene Hurd, Principal
SUNNYBRAE NORMAL SCHOOL

REMINDER:
Please note that all children are to be collected from school by 3.15pm. If you are unable to collect before this time, you my be interested in booking your child into the YMCA after school club held in the hall.